Internet Archive building damaged by fire (opens in new tab)

(bbc.co.uk)

58 pointssblawrie12y ago9 comments

9 comments

Akujin12y ago

They are asking for donations to recover: https://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-ple...

Osmium12y ago

Are they covered by insurance at all?

stuhood12y ago

You can donate BTC: https://archive.org/donate/bitcoin.php

bencoder12y ago

https://blockchain.info/address/17gN64BPHtxi4mEM3qWrxdwhieUv...

Apparently they currently have 52BTC in that address, about 15000USD. Not bad. Hope the private key wasn't in this building :)

sirsar12y ago

TLDR: Don't worry, no data was lost.

extempo12y ago

"However, the fire did cause the loss of some materials that were being prepared for digitisation - the full extent of which is still being assessed."

Segmentation12y ago

This was posted yesterday and was on the front page for most of the day:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6684800

(hell, it's still on the 3rd page)

1 more reply

talles12y ago

"No data was lost, a spokesman said"

dmead12y ago

BREAKING: the internet is on fire

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse